Boyzone recall heartbreaking moment they learned bandmate Stephen Gately died in new Sky documentary

Ronan Keating broke the quality to his bandmates 1 by one

The members of Boyzone recalled the heartbreaking infinitesimal they learned bandmate Stephen Gately died successful a caller Sky documentary - with a touching motion the nighttime earlier his funeral.

Boyzone: No Matter What follows the highs and lows of the Irish boyband's career, with archive and caller interviews with Keith Duffy, Stephen Gately, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating, and Shane Lynch arsenic good arsenic manager Louis Walsh.

Together, the Irish boyband enjoyed monolithic occurrence successful the UK, with 21 singles successful the apical 40 and 22 successful the Irish charts. They had six UK No.1 singles and 9 successful Ireland.

The three-part series, to beryllium disposable connected Sky Documentaries and NOW from Sunday (February 2), covered the immense moments of their band, including their reunion and the infinitesimal they discovered the abrupt decease of bandmate and person Stephen Gately.

In October 2009, Gately was conscionable 33 years aged erstwhile helium passed distant successful his flat successful Port d'Andratx, Majorca. He died owed to a pulmonary oedema caused by an undiagnosed bosom condition.

In the 3rd occurrence of the documentary series, Ronan Keating recalled helium received a telephone from solicitor Gerald Kean, who informed him astir Gately's death.

Ronan, successful shock, responded: "Stephen who?" and the solicitor confirmed: "Stephen Gately".

A intelligibly affectional Ronan said: "I called Louis and the guys and gave them the news."

Shane Lynch recalled: "It was precocious - we were successful the barroom and we were drinking and arsenic I near the crowd, Ronan's dependable came louder successful my phone.

"He's similar 'Steo Steo, he's gone'."

Mikey Graham said: "What our Stephen? He said 'yeah he's gone'.

Keith Duffy recalled: "It conscionable didn't spell successful - what? No no, not our Stephen."

Shane Lynch told the documentary it was their instinct to get unneurotic and grieve arsenic a radical successful Majorca. Meanwhile, determination was a immense property scrum owed to the abrupt and high-profile death, which was unexplained.

Ronan and the set were besides horrified by mendacious stories surrounding Gately's death, including inaccurate claims that his decease was linked to sleeping pills and drinking sessions.

Mark Plunkett, Boyzone's manager, said: "Lots of innuendo, tons of chatter astir the circumstances astir his death. Some of the rubbish that was written was conscionable horrible. "

Stephen died arsenic a effect of a heredity bosom information and was deemed to person passed distant owed to earthy causes. The bandmates slept with Gately's coffin the nighttime earlier the ceremonial and had 1 past nighttime unneurotic laughing, joking and looking astatine photos of Stephen.

"He didn't similar the cold, helium didn't similar being alone", Ronan said.

Keith Duffy added: "So we offered to enactment the nighttime with him successful religion to support him company."

Mikey Graham: "When everybody other left, and it was conscionable the 5 of us, determination was a large consciousness of peace, of unity.

"I don't privation to accidental sadness because, judge it oregon not, we had rather a comedic nighttime and the accustomed joking that utilized to spell connected successful the precise aboriginal days erstwhile everything was guiltless and naive.

"For that night, that emerged."

Gately's ceremonial was held astatine St Laurence O’Toole Church successful Stephen’s location metropolis of Dublin connected October 17, 2009, with 4,000 fans, friends and household and Gately's spouse Andrew Cowles successful attendance.

Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Ronan Keating, and Shane Lynch each carried his coffin into and retired of the church.

The set believed it was close to proceed to honour Stephen's representation and carried connected performing crossed the world.

Boyzone's medium was released earlier than planned successful March 2010, and the medium Brother was dedicated to Stephen. Gately's vocals featured connected Boyzone's last medium successful a opus called I Can Dream.

Boyzone: No Matter What is coming to Sky Documentaries and NOW connected February 2.